Biosecurity in the United States

This is a list of biosecurity threats to the United States.

Agents of concern

The following agents are deemed a biosecurity concern by the US Government through the Select agent list. The list is divided between agents that can infect only humans, zoonotic agents (which can infect both humans and animals), agents that can only infect animals, and agents that can infect only plants.

Human agents

(HHS SELECT AGENTS AND TOXINS)

Zoonotic agents

(OVERLAP SELECT AGENTS AND TOXINS)

Animal agents

(USDA SELECT AGENTS AND TOXINS)

Plant agents

(USDA PLANT PROTECTION AND QUARANTINE (PPQ) SELECT AGENTS AND TOXINS)

See also

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